Giant 2.3 metre-long dakoken sword among unprecedented discoveries in burial mound


ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE NARA MUNICIPAL BURIED CULTURAL PROPERTIES RESEARCH CENTRE, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NARA PREFECTURAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF KASHIHARA, HAVE UNCOVERED A GIANT 2.3 METRE-LONG DAKOKEN SWORD DURING EXCAVATIONS AT THE TOMIOMARUYAMA BURIAL MOUND IN NARA CITY, JAPAN.

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/0...l-mound/146053